Home Sweet Home Exhibition

An article in The Observer newspaper on Sunday details an interesting upcoming exhibition due to take place at the House of Commons from 12 September 2011 and the the Riverside Studies from the 18 September entitled, “Home from Home”.  The exhibition has been developed by a charity, Women for Refugee Women, which describes the exhibition as :

the show is not about individual asylum cases but about the “importance of letting people know how difficult circumstances are for these women. The vast majority who come to this group have fled serious human rights abuses, including sexual violence, ethnic and political persecution. They are traumatised by the loss of their homes and families. And what is so awful about their experiences here is that the struggle to find asylum can traumatise them all over again; they have to negotiate a very complex system, and however real their persecution, they are very often disbelieved.”

Further details and a selection of the photographs can be found in the Guardian articles at :

Asylum life: the trials of women refugees, through their own eyes

Asylum life: the daily struggles of women refugees – in pictures

“Home Sweet Home” can be seen at the House of Commons from 12 September by prior arrangement (email admin@refugeewomen.co.uk for details) and at Riverside Studios, London W6 from 18 September

From Congo With Love

Exhibitions

From Congo With Love (copyright: Rogan / Oxfam)

An exhibition by the portrait photographer Rankin entitled From Congo with Love is currently featuring in a large exhibition being held at London’s South Bank.  The exhibition has been develope din conjunction with Oxfam and displays “images and stories exploring romantic love, love lost, mother’s love and the kindness of strangers, as well as photos taken by Congolese villagers with Rankin’s guidance, providing an extraordinary insight into their everyday life.”  There is also a book to accompany the exhibtion entitled `We Are Congo’ which is available to purchase online.

Image Copyright: Rankin / Oxfam.

Reminder: InFluxEvent@UniversityofEastLondon

In Flux Event @

University of East London

The Refugee Research Centre/UEL invite you to IN FLUX, the culmination of artist Marie Ange Bordas’ Leverhulme Residency at UEL.

During her time at UEL, the artist has developed work around displacement and belonging through informal encounters with students and use of the Refugee Archive resources. She has also collaborated with Anita Fábos on her MA and undergraduate refugee modules, with the aim of stimulating students to challenge their assumptions about the research process and to encourage them to find new approaches to interact with people and explore concepts.

The event will open on December 10th at 17:00 in Matrix East when Marie Ange will show part of the artwork she produced, along with students’ creative projects, and Anita Fábos will address the learning and teaching possibilities of this kind of collaboration for university programmes.

Throughout the week - 11th to the 17th of December- the creative projects produced by Anthropology of Refugees and Cultures of Exile students will be on display in the Library Foyer and the Refugee Archive, (from the 15^th).

And on December 15th, Anita Fábos will give the lecture “Refugees as Actors” and, together with John Nassari, host a roundtable discussion on approaches to refugee-centred representation in the Main Lecture Theatre at Business School.

For more information see: http://www.uel.ac.uk/rca/news.htm#influx

Contact: influx.uel@gmail.com

In Flux Exhibition Flyer

Posted in Refugee Studies and Conferences & Events.

InFluxEvent@UniversityofEastLondon

In Flux Event @

University of East London

The Refugee Research Centre/UEL invite you to IN FLUX, the culmination of artist Marie Ange Bordas’ Leverhulme Residency at UEL.

During her time at UEL, the artist has developed work around displacement and belonging through informal encounters with students and use of the Refugee Archive resources. She has also collaborated with Anita Fábos on her MA and undergraduate refugee modules, with the aim of stimulating students to challenge their assumptions about the research process and to encourage them to find new approaches to interact with people and explore concepts.

The event will open on December 10th at 17:00 in Matrix East when Marie Ange will show part of the artwork she produced, along with students’ creative projects, and Anita Fábos will address the learning and teaching possibilities of this kind of collaboration for university programmes.

Throughout the week - 11th to the 17th of December- the creative projects produced by Anthropology of Refugees and Cultures of Exile students will be on display in the Library Foyer and the Refugee Archive, (from the 15th).

And on December 15th, Anita Fábos will give the lecture “Refugees as Actors” and, together with John Nassari, host a roundtable discussion on approaches to refugee-centred representation in the Main Lecture Theatre at Business School.

For more information see flyer – [JPEG format] or [PDF format].  These details are also on the Refugee Council Archive web site at:  http://www.uel.ac.uk/rca/news.htm#influx

Contact: influx.uel@gmail.com

Marie Ange Bordas – http://www.displacements.info/

Posted in: Refugee Studies and Conferences & Events.